Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1897 — Outcome of Centuries. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Outcome of Centuries.

The resume of Easter customs finds the central idea in the fact that they are the outcome of eighteen centuries of religious zeal, and the concentration of genius and enthusiasm in art, science, poetry and learning of every sort. Easter is a crystallization of the hope expressed in its solemn observances, deliverance from death, founded ou the story of the great Teacher of Nazareth, and carrying joy and life into the dead and desolate theories that in the dark ages held the world in dominance. The festival of the soul is the highest and greatest of all the ceremonies of Eastertide. Walter (to cook)—Steak for one! Gent don’t want it raw, nor he don’t want It burnt black. Cook (angrily)—ls that what he said? Waiter—No, not exactly. I asked him how he wanted It, an’ he said “medium.”—Spare Moments.